The trade union held a meeting last week to discuss the benefits of adopting a registration scheme for youth workers.
The move comes just two weeks after Fiona Blacke, chief executive of The National Youth Agency, called for the creation of a register of licensed youth workers on the grounds that it would help integration with other services in the sector (CYP Now, 13-19 February). Blacke suggested youth workers would need a degree or other higher level qualification to be eligible.
Gill Archer, national officer for local government at Unison, said at first glance the idea of a licence for youth workers was attractive but a number of questions had to be answered first.
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